Whois software run by Lacnic and BR?

Mon Oct 20 15:55:18 UTC 2003

At 01:28 PM 20-10-03 -0200, Frederico A C Neves wrote:

>Hank,
>
>These whois servers uses an output format "based" on RPSL with added
>extensions for organizations and dns delegation status.

Can you point me to documentation on the extensions?   Any plan on RFCing?

>The whois server at the .BR registry (also the NIR for Brazil) doesn't
>provide country information because it's implicit as it only provide
>information for Brazil.

Implicit is fine for humans but for automated scripts, couldn't it be made 
to have country=BR for all your inetnum entries?

Thanks,
Hank

>Regards,
>Frederico Neves
>
>On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 08:26:24AM +0200, Hank Nussbacher wrote:
> >
> > When trying to determine a country code for 200.150.7.132, I first tried
> > ARIN which pointed me to LACNIC - whois.lacnic.net:
> > inetnum:     200.128/9
> > status:      allocated
> > owner:       Comite Gestor da Internet no Brasil
> > ownerid:     BR-CGIN-LACNIC
> > responsible: Frederico A C Neves
> > address:     Av. das Na??es Unidas, 11541, 7° andar
> > address:     04578-000 - S?o Paulo - SP
> > country:     BR
> > phone:       +55 11 9119-0304 []
> > owner-c:     CGB
> > tech-c:      CGB
> > inetrev:     200.128/9
> > nserver:     NS.DNS.BR
> > nsstat:      20031015 AA
> > nslastaa:    20031015
> > nserver:     NS1.DNS.BR
> > nsstat:      20031015 AA
> > nslastaa:    20031015
> > nserver:     NS2.DNS.BR
> > nsstat:      20031015 AA
> > nslastaa:    20031015
> > remarks:     These addresses have been further assigned to Brazilian
> > users.
> > remarks:     Contact information can be found at the WHOIS server located
> > remarks:     at whois.registro.br and at http://whois.nic.br
> >
> > So off to whois.nic.br:
> > inetnum:     200.150.7/24
> > aut-num:     AS23106
> > abuse-c:     RBS151
> > owner:       COMPANHIA ENERGETICA DE MINAS GERAIS
> > ownerid:     017.155.730/0001-64
> > responsible: Marcus Vinicius da Silva
> > address:     Av Barbacena, 1200, 3 Andar
> > address:     30190-131 - Belo Horizonte - MG
> > phone:       (031) 349-4469 []
> > owner-c:     MVS9
> > tech-c:      MVS9
> > inetrev:     200.150.7/24
> > nserver:     OUTCEMIG1.CEMIG.COM.BR
> > nsstat:      20031018 AA
> > nslastaa:    20031018
> > nserver:     OUTCEMIG2.CEMIG.COM.BR
> > nsstat:      20031018 AA
> > nslastaa:    20031018
> > created:     20020621
> > changed:     20020621
> > inetnum-up:  200.150.0/19
> >
> > Does anyone know what standard is being used here?  It looks like RIPE
> > format but very modified.  What bothers me is not the additional tags but
> > rather that an automated script would not be able to determine country
> > from their response.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -Hank
> >